Episode 524: USB Multipass [Discussion]

[marilee]

Why carry around a dozen bootable USB drives when you could merge 'em all into one? On his episode we buld a USB Multipass complete with customized boot menu ready to launch any of favorite tools--including Backtrack, Ophcrack, Kon-boot, dban, freedos, and more. Plus Shannon reviews the Trinity Rescue Kit, the boot disc dubbed CPR for your computer.

Watch or download this episode now! (http://revision3.com/hak5/usbmultipass)

[psychosis]

the boot disc dubbed CPR for your computer... which appears impossible to throw onto the multipass.

[starusnak]

Very unprofessional, almost painful to watch.

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Well, maybe not so much unprofessional just not Revision3 quality.

[punchz]

@starusnak

I guess it can be a bit off-throwing to some to watch a show made by people who actually know their shit. Regarding that, Hak5 is definitely not "revision3 quality" but I would hate to see them dumb it down to reach a wider audience.

I recommend the latest Diggnation EP (213) where Kevin Rose proudly equals 260 hours to 6.5 weeks using a calculator and none of the 20 people on the set notices. Loved that. QUALITY WEB TELEVISHANZ! <3

[oldarney]

Is there a way to get the EFiX to boot from the hard drive? like boot123? You guys should give a boot 123 segment.

Nice show btw, very interesting.

[aviadra]

I don’t know about grub4dos advancements in this area…
But syslinux with the vesa module already have support for jpg pictures with full VGA color spectrum, for a long time now.
Actually here is a vid I made just to show the new look for a friend…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYV2XhZDfPI&feature=channel_page

p.s.
have a look into practically any Linux distro with memtest… you will see how to forgo the floppy emulation your using and boot the kernel directly.
Not only is this faster, its actually cleaner… so on a really messed up system sometimes the floppy wouldn’t boot and the kernel will, because it’s so small and efficient.

gr8 show... keep it coming :)

[scottietohottie]

If you have not seen this site go there and look. Virtually all grub questions are answered there.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p15.html

Also came across this

Especially take a look at vga defoption, it will allow you to use a better resolution
Quote:
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash vga=791

from this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=875649
So the graphics can be pushed to enable a nicer experience, and the menu can be customised more than a ford focus in a rich rappers hands. Why would you want anything else.

[k960154]

obviously no one read the menu.lst file from the grub4dos distribution...
Grub4dos can directly boot iso files so there is no need to mess around with multiple boot folder, etc.

just put the iso on the pen drive and add the following to the menu.lst file ( there are examples in the one supplied)

title memdrive esx
find --set-root /isos/esx.gz
map --mem /isos/esx.gz (hd0)
map --hook
chainloader (hd0)+1
rootnoverify (hd0)

[k960154]

above example was for an hd image instead of an iso.

title memdrive NT Password changer
find --set-root /isos/cd060213.iso
map /isos/cd060213.iso (hd32)
map --hook
root (hd32)
chainloader (hd32)
boot

[casslan]

before you slag the people who made the show bro, go ahead and try your example...

I tried with DSL and BT3 and neither work..neither can find the filesystem after boot.